Here’s a little of what Hall has to say about himself on his Web site:

Art A. Hall, 36, has been touted as a “breath of fresh air to politics”, “one with a bright future in politics”, and “Texas’ Barack Obama!”

Art is a 5th generation Texan who early on grew up in trailer houses and whose great great grandfather was a slave settling near the Trinity River in East Texas. He was born in Hempstead, Texas on December 13, 1970 to Archie Hall of Crockett, Texas (Houston County) (Air Force retiree) and Clarita Alcausin Hall of Vigan, Ilocus Sur (the Philippines) (nurse). He and his younger brother, R-T (West Point, 1995), grew up in Lubbock, Texas, where their parents still live. Today, Art and his wife, Stephanie, of Lufkin, Texas and a lawyer at Valero Energy Corporation, and their 2-year old daughter, Londyn, live in San Antonio.

Hall is a lawyer and an investment banker. He also served on the San Antonio City Council.

Hall is focusing his campaign on using the Texas Railroad Commission to promote environmental regulation, efficient energy programs and renewable energy.

Because the commission regulates consumer natural gas rates, Hall said he is concerned the commission will allow gas companies to pass along an estimated $42 million in costs that will be associated with upgrading gas pipelines in North and East Texas.

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